[UPDATE: Sony has confirmed the story, but only mentions one movie, not three.

Full press release after the jump.]

If Vulture’s report is true, expect a press release very soon.

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I really don’t want a twenty five year old playing seventeen.

More as we hear it.

We believe Marc Webb is the perfect choice to bring us on that journey."

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Sam Raimi’s virtuoso rendering of Spider-Man is a humbling precedent to follow and build upon.

The first three films are beloved for good reason.

But I think the Spider-Man mythology transcends not only generations but directors as well.

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I am signing on not to ‘take over’ from Sam.

That would be impossible.

Not to mention arrogant.

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MARC WEBB has won acclaim with his film debut (500) Days of Summer.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day